druzhina
08-21-2016, 06:05
There are some good Byzantine manuscripts of the 11th century, following periods of iconoclasm, and before the 4th Crusade took Constantinople.
Illustrations of soldiers from the Psalter of Theodore of Caesarea, Byzantine, 11th century, BL Add MS 19352 (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter.htm)
including a rare image of metallic chausses:
7r Sleeping Guards at the Sepulchre (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-7r-dt.htm)
10v Archers shooting at the just man (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-10v.htm)
12r Warriors and David in pit (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-12r.htm)
32v Sleeping Guards at the Sepulchre (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-32v-dt.htm)
36v Seven sleepers of Ephesus (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-36v.htm)
45v The betrayal (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-45v.htm)
63v Siege where Uriah died (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-63v.htm)
65v King Saul and David (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-65v.htm)
67r David praying / King Saul and soldiers (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-67r.htm)
69v David and two foreigners (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-69v.htm)
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=20314&d=1513053032
73r Byzantine soldiers in scale armour & chausses (with oval shield?) (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-73r.htm)
74v (upper) David enthroned & guards (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-74v-upper.htm)
74v (lower) Soldiers of Sobal burning / arrival of Joab (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-74v-lower.htm)
75r Constantine mounted with cross attacked by archers (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-75r.htm)
77v King David with guards (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-77v.htm)
85v St. Procopius mounted (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-85v.htm)
87v Christ on Cross pierced with the lance (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-87v.htm)
92r (lower) Adoration of the Magi (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-92r-lower.htm)
95v (lower) St. Anthimus and the twenty thousand martyrs of Nicomedia (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-95v-lower.htm)
98r (upper) Two mounted soldiers (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-98r-upper.htm)
105v (upper) Byzantine cavalry & defeated enemy (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-105v-upper.htm)
123r (right) Massacre of the Innocents (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-123r-right.htm)
144r (lower) Phineas executing judgement (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-144r-lower.htm)
145r Hebrews defeated by their enemies (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-145r.htm)
178v (lower) Warrior with mace and shield (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-178v-lower.htm)
181r Death of Absalom (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-181r.htm)
182r David and Goliath (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-182r.htm)
190v David meets Saul enthroned (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-190v.htm)
191r (lower) David defeats Goliath (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-191r-lower.htm)
199r Habakkuk the Prophet / angel slaying the ungodly (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-199r.htm)
mirror site:
Illustrations of soldiers from the Psalter of Theodore of Caesarea, Byzantine, 11th century, BL Add MS 19352 (http://warfare.ga/11/Theodore_Psalter.htm)
Druzhina
Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/Byzantine.htm)
Illustrations of soldiers from the Psalter of Theodore of Caesarea, Byzantine, 11th century, BL Add MS 19352 (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter.htm)
including a rare image of metallic chausses:
7r Sleeping Guards at the Sepulchre (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-7r-dt.htm)
10v Archers shooting at the just man (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-10v.htm)
12r Warriors and David in pit (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-12r.htm)
32v Sleeping Guards at the Sepulchre (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-32v-dt.htm)
36v Seven sleepers of Ephesus (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-36v.htm)
45v The betrayal (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-45v.htm)
63v Siege where Uriah died (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-63v.htm)
65v King Saul and David (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-65v.htm)
67r David praying / King Saul and soldiers (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-67r.htm)
69v David and two foreigners (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-69v.htm)
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=20314&d=1513053032
73r Byzantine soldiers in scale armour & chausses (with oval shield?) (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-73r.htm)
74v (upper) David enthroned & guards (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-74v-upper.htm)
74v (lower) Soldiers of Sobal burning / arrival of Joab (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-74v-lower.htm)
75r Constantine mounted with cross attacked by archers (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-75r.htm)
77v King David with guards (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-77v.htm)
85v St. Procopius mounted (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-85v.htm)
87v Christ on Cross pierced with the lance (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-87v.htm)
92r (lower) Adoration of the Magi (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-92r-lower.htm)
95v (lower) St. Anthimus and the twenty thousand martyrs of Nicomedia (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-95v-lower.htm)
98r (upper) Two mounted soldiers (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-98r-upper.htm)
105v (upper) Byzantine cavalry & defeated enemy (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-105v-upper.htm)
123r (right) Massacre of the Innocents (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-123r-right.htm)
144r (lower) Phineas executing judgement (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-144r-lower.htm)
145r Hebrews defeated by their enemies (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-145r.htm)
178v (lower) Warrior with mace and shield (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-178v-lower.htm)
181r Death of Absalom (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-181r.htm)
182r David and Goliath (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-182r.htm)
190v David meets Saul enthroned (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-190v.htm)
191r (lower) David defeats Goliath (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-191r-lower.htm)
199r Habakkuk the Prophet / angel slaying the ungodly (http://warfare.tk/11/Theodore_Psalter-199r.htm)
mirror site:
Illustrations of soldiers from the Psalter of Theodore of Caesarea, Byzantine, 11th century, BL Add MS 19352 (http://warfare.ga/11/Theodore_Psalter.htm)
Druzhina
Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/Byzantine.htm)